South Dakota cattle feeder Steve Masat of Redfield, South Dakota, and Rick Woehlhaff, owner of the Glacial Lakes Livestock in Watertown, South Dakota, reflect on market trends and feed supplies for ...
Since Christmas, March corn has traded between $6.75 and $6.80 on 22 out of 27 days. March beans have also traded sideways with values between $15.00 and $15.40 for 25 out of 27 days. The market ...
Distillers grains (DGS) have been the primary source of supplemental protein in cattle diets for more than twenty years. As ethanol production ramped up in the Corn Belt, DGS became a widely available ...
Feeding cattle can be a labor intensive process, and research at Central Grasslands Research Extension Center in Streeter, North Dakota, provides some guidance on practices that can ease the time ...
Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle futures are pushing back higher Friday after early losses with the continued trend of funds buying every pullback. Both live and feeder cattle futures ...
COLUMBIA — Prolonged drought is prompting some Midwest farmers to sell discarded corn stalks to feed hay-deprived cattle. A source reports that area corn farmers are collecting stalks that usually are ...
McDonald’s is looking to make their Big Macs more sustainable, and cattle producers are in line to profit from this climate-smart endeavor. McDonald’s and its meat supplier, Lopez Foods, are ...
Beef producers make decisions about what to feed their animals daily and the answer often depends on the age and sex of the animal and what its job in the herd is. When deciding which type of feed to ...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Livestock farmers are demanding a change in the nation's ethanol policy, claiming current rules could lead to spikes in meat prices and even shortages at supermarkets if corn ...
Mike Landuyt's cattle feedlot in Walnut Grove, Minn., sat empty for a month and a half this summer. "Corn was so high and feeder cattle were so tight," he says. But corn prices have tumbled, and ...
Futures prices suggest that corn and soybean meal prices are likely to remain below their long-run averages well into next ...